Launching the 2011 Human Development Report in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, the Associate Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, Rebeca Grynspan, said environmental degradation could seriously affect human development in Africa and around the world.

On November 11, 2011, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark participated in “One day on Earth,” a global media event aimed at capturing a unique video snapshot of a single 24-hour period on earth.

The headline in the New Times story of 14 November on the 2011 Human Development Report states erroneously that the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Rwanda, Aurelien Agbenonci, termed the Report ‘misleading.’

Legendary six-time World Referee winner, Pierluigi Collina along with international football stars Luís Figo and Pavel Nedvěd are among the personalities that confirmed their participation in the 9th Annual Match Against Poverty on 13 December.

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) staff across the globe joined over 20,000 filmmakers, students, humanitarian aid workers and other inspired people today to collaborate for “One Day on Earth,” a global video snapshot of a single 24-hour period in every country on earth.

Juhudi Kilimo, a Kenya-based investment firm, announced today that it will provide some 100,000 smallholder rural farmers in Kenya—more than half of them women—with access to micro-loans and basic financial training by 2016 as part of the firm’s commitment to the Business Call to Action (BCtA), a global initiative that encourages companies to fight poverty while boosting business opportunities in developing countries.

On the final day of a three day visit to Uruguay, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark visited a recycling plant outside Montevideo which forms part of a poverty and environment initiative supported by UNDP and UNEP.

Watch the 2011 Human Development Report launch LIVE on Wed., 2 November 2011, at 11:00 am GMT in Copenhagen (7am New York / 7pm Bangkok) with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark and Prime Minister of Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.

Watch the 2011 Human Development Report launch LIVE on Wed., 2 November 2011, at 11:00 am GMT in Copenhagen (7am New York / 7pm Bangkok) with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark and Prime Minister of Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt.